From CNET News.com: Skype calling is now available as a free download on Android-based devices, the Internet telephony company announced today.

The Skype for Android software allows users to make calls to Skype accounts, mobile phones, or landlines. Users can also send and receive...

From CNET News.com: Panasonic has taken the wraps off its Lumix Phone at Ceatec 2010.

The Lumix Phone site now displays the design of this handset with a slide-out keypad and shows off sample photos taken using the device's 13.2-megapixel shooter.

Aside from the specs that...

From DailyTech: The ThinkPad notebook lineup has long been a staple in the business community. Many in the business world swear by the no-nonsense, black machines and the reputation that comes with having a ThinkPad-branded product.

IBM introduced the first ThinkPad back in 1992...

From DailyTech: Google is set to try to take over the TV in the same way it has taken over search online with its Google TV offering. The search giant has announced some new launch partners for its Google TV service that wants to bring the web into the living room with set top boxes...

From X-bit Labs: Skype, a leading voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) company, on Monday announced that it had named Tony Bates, senior vice president of Cisco, as chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors.

Mr. Bates has over 20 years of leadership experience in...

From X-bit Labs: HP, the world's largest maker of personal computers, has quietly started to sell systems featuring microprocessors based on code-named Zosma design from Advanced Micro Devices. The chips are the first quad-core processors that feature TurboCore technology from AMD...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft will launch its latest mobile phone operating system, Windows Phone 7, in New York on Oct. 11, according to a posting on its website.

The event invitation says the operating system will be unveiled next Monday at 3pm in the New York City Microsoft...

From PC World: Toshiba is readying two 3D televisions that can produce images with the illusion of depth but don't require the user to wear glasses, it said Monday. It will launch the televisions in Japan in December. By dispensing with glasses, the TVs answer a key complaint of...

From CNET News.com: Netbooks don't change very much in terms of specs, at least compared to other laptops, but there has been one new wrinkle as of late: dual-core Atom CPUs.

Acer's 10.1-inch Acer Aspire AOD255 Netbook includes a new dual-core Atom N550 CPU for $350, along with 1GB...

From CNET News.com: This may well be the largest consumer telecommunications refund in history. Verizon Wireless said Sunday it will pay up to $90 million in refunds to some 15 million subscribers who were charged for data usage or Internet access, though they weren't on data usage...